Timeline

The aim is to release with the next mainstream Fedora release, Fedora 18

Tasks

If any of these areas interest you, please put your name next to an item, and indicate when you think you might be able to complete the task, etc.

Develop the list of primary audio packages. (collab)

Develop the list of other audio packages. (collab)

Develop a list of system tweaks to improve the user experience (bsjones: currently looking at the kxstudio suite of tools. It provides jack / pulseaudio / ALSA midi integration. Needs some work to be packaged for Fedora)

Publish the first cut via torrent/site for SIG feedback. (crantila: this should be done via fedorahosted?) (dtimms: not sure, but time is of essence - so I have tried publishing both the torrent and ks so that people can further test the spin).

Make a cool name for the spin.

Prioritize tasks; assign them to people.

Team up with Artwork for themes and CDs/DVDs. (Jørn, but anyone is allowed to contribute)

See this page for a collection of Fedora community-contributed artwork.

Sound Server and Configuration

jack-audio-connection-kit-example-clients (Contains the very useful jack_control)

jackctlmmc

pulseaudio-module-jack

patchage

ladish |Will be removed. Has too many dependencies (mostly gtk/glade)

alsa:

a2jmidid

alsa-firmware

alsa-tools

alsa-utils

alsamixergui

alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

alsa-plugins-jack

alsa-plugins-usbstream

alsa-plugins-samplerate

alsa-plugins-upmix

alsa-plugins-downmix

Midi:

arpage

qmidiarp

FluidSynth

fluid-soundfont-gm

Qsynth

timidity++

seq24

Utilities

lash

jack_capture

jamin

multimedia-menus

jaaa

jmeters

qastools

japa

Audio Plugins

calf | Audio plugins pack

JACK-Rack | LADSPA effects rack

ladspa:

LADSPA | Audio Plugins

ladspa-amb-plugins | Ambisonics LADSPA plugins

ladspa-blop-plugins | Bandlimited LADSPA Oscillator Plugins

ladspa-caps-plugins | The C* Audio Plugin Suite

ladspa-cmt-plugins | A collection of LADSPA plugins

ladspa-fil-plugins | LADSPA Filter plugins

ladspa-rev-plugins | A reverberation plugin for LADSPA

ladspa-swh-plugins | A set of audio plugins for LADSPA

ladspa-tap-plugins | Tom's Audio Processing plugin

ladspa-vco-plugins | Anti-aliased pulse and sawtooth oscillators

ladspa-autotalent-plugins

ladspa-mcp-plugins

lv2:

lv2

lv2dynparam | LV2 dynamic parameters extension

lv2-swh-plugins | LV2 version of swh plugins

lv2-vocoder-plugins | robotic effect to vocals

lv2-zynadd-plugins | LV2 port of ZynAddSubFX

lv2-mdaEPiano

lv2-ll-plugins

lv2-kn0ck0ut

lv2-invada-plugins

lv2-fil-plugins

lv2-c++-tools

lv2-avw-plugins

lv2-abGate

lv2-EQ10Q-plugins

slv2 | LV2 host library

zynjacku | LV2 synths and plugins host

zita-at1

zita-rev1

dssi:

DSSI | Soft Synth Interface

dssi-vst | DSSI plugin wrapper for VST plugins

fluidsynth-dssi

hexter-dssi

nekobee-dssi

whysynth-dssi

xsynth-dssi

Streaming and DJ applications

IDJC

Non-audio extra programs

xchat

firefox

nano |if anyone has a problem with this, please tell me -jvlomax

shutter

vim

emacs

emacs-color-theme

backintime-kde

screen

Kernel and Drivers

rtirq

FFADO |FireWire audio capture/output

Default Desktop Environment(s)

KDE

Secondary Packages

Secondary packages are nice to have, but will not be on the Live CD/DVD. If there will be a separate "Installation DVD," these packages should be included.

Secondary packages may or may not already be packaged for Fedora. If a secondary package is not already available from the main Fedora repository, it should be noted here, and the package should be included on the "Wishlist" below.

The purpose of secondary packages is that they can be advertised as part of the Audio Spin, and/or we can help users install them more easily, and/or just so the Audio Creation SIG is aware that they exist and we should keep an eye on them.

Please add others that have already made the jump into Fedora, so that we can show that the SIG is making positive progress ;-)

The above table is made for ease of classification. Feel free to tailor it.

Audio Plugins

DSSI, LADSPA and LV2 plugins allow usage of wide range of audio processors and effects in many audio synthesis and recording software (Ardour, Audacity, Muse, Rosegarden,...). Fedora currently offers a list of most popular ones of these plugins. There are still many more to package:

Test days

Bugs

kickstart issues

attempt at setting the default group for all users is not recognised: you still have to mess with users and groups to add the user to jackuser. this is probably one of the key things that is needed for the spin to be instantly usable by beginners. - fixed

existing package bugs:

We want to keep track of new and existing bugs. Maybe some cached BugZilla queries?